Second instalment of our multi-year project to show the entire surviving oeuvre of the great pioneer master David Wark Griffith. This year, films made in January-June 1909: Griffith creates his first great acting company.

List of the films scheduled
(Print sources: LoC and MoMA)

"AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM" (3/22/09) 115
'TIS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO GOOD (4/29/09) 132
AT THE ALTAR (2/25/09) 107
BABY'S SHOE, A (5/13/09) 136
BRAHMA DIAMOND, THE (2/4/09) 99
BURGLAR'S MISTAKE, A (3/25/09) 121
CARDINAL'S CONSPIRACY, THE (7/12/09) 160
CONFIDENCE (4/15/09) 131
CONVICT'S SACRIFICE, A (7/26/09) 163
CORD OF LIFE, THE (1/28/09) 98
COUNTRY DOCTOR, THE (7/8/09) 158
CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, THE (5/27/09) 142
DECEPTION, THE (3/22/09) 106
DRIVE FOR A LIFE, THE (4/22/09) 134
DRUNKARD'S REFORMATION, A (3/1/09) 118
EAVESDROPPER, THE (5/3/09) 123
ELOPING WITH AUNTY (5/24/09) 139
ERADICATING AUNTY (5/31/09) 143
FADED LILIES, THE (6/17/09) 151
FASCINATING MRS. FRANCIS, THE (1/21/09) 96
FOOL'S REVENGE, A (3/4/09) 109
FRENCH DUEL, THE (5/10/09) 125
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, THE (7/15/09) 152
GOLDEN LOUIS, THE (2/22/09) 103
HER FIRST BISCUITS (6/17/09) 138
HIS DUTY (5/31/09) 149
HIS WARD'S LOVE (2/15/09) 104
HIS WIFE'S MOTHER (3/1/09) 102
I DID IT, MAMA (3/15/09) 110
JEALOUSY AND THE MAN (7/22/09) 161
JILT, THE (5/17/09) 137
JONES AND HIS NEW NEIGHBORS (3/29/09) 116
JONES AND THE LADY BOOK AGENT (5/10/09) 101
LADY HELEN'S ESCAPADE (4/19/09) 108
LONELY VILLA, THE (6/10/09) 150
LUCKY JIM (4/26/09) 128
LURE OF THE GOWN, THE (3/15/09) 112
MEDICINE BOTTLE, THE (3/29/09) 111
MESSAGE, THE (7/5/09) 157
MEXICAN SWEETHEARTS, THE (6/24/09) 155
MRS. JONES' LOVER; OR "I WANT MY HAT" (8/19/09) 165
NECKLACE, THE (7/1/09) 156
NEW TRICK, A (6/10/09) 148
NOTE IN THE SHOE, THE (5/6/09) 127
ONE BUSY HOUR (5/6/09) 135
PEACHBASKET HAT, THE (6/24/09) 146
POLITICIAN'S LOVE STORY (2/22/09) 100
PRUSSIAN SPY, THE (3/1/09) 105
RENUNCIATION, THE (7/19/09) 166
RESURRECTION (5/20/09) 140
ROAD TO THE HEART, THE (4/5/09) 122
RUDE HOSTESS, A (4/8/09) 120
SCHNEIDER'S ANTI-NOISE CRUSADE (4/8/09) 124
SEVENTH DAY, THE (8/26/09) 159
SLAVE, THE (7/29/09) 168
SON'S RETURN, THE (6/14/09) 147
SOUND SLEEPER, A (4/12/09) 129
STRANGE MEETING, A (8/2/09) 164
SUICIDE CLUB, THE (5/3/09) 133
SWEET AND TWENTY (7/22/09) 167
TENDER HEARTS (7/19/09) 162
ROAD TO THE HEART, THE
WINNING COAT, THE
WOODEN LEG, THE
THOSE AWFUL HATS (1/25/09) 97
THOSE BOYS (1/18/09) 95
TROUBLESOME SATCHEL, A (4/19/09) 130
TRYING TO GET ARRESTED (4/5/09) 117
TWIN BROTHERS (4/26/09) 126
TWO MEMORIES (5/24/09) 145
VIOLIN MAKER OF CREMONA, THE (7/7/09) 141
VOICE OF THE VIOLIN, THE (3/18/09) 114
WAS JUSTICE SERVED? (6/21/09) 154
WAY OF MAN, THE (6/28/09) 153
WHAT DRINK DID (6/3/09) 144
WINNING COAT, THE (4/12/09) 119
WOODEN LEG, THE (3/8/09) 113